• Cornerstone Government Affairs

Cornerstone Government Affairs

Michelle Mrdeza

Homeland Security Practice Lead, Cornerstone Government Affairs

Former Majority Staff Director, House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Homeland Security

www.cgagroup.com

CLASSIFICATION

NAICS

CORE COMPETENCIES

  • Agriculture
  • Budget & Appropriations
  • Culture, Museums & Tourism
  • Defense
  • Economic Development
  • Education
  • Energy
  • Enviromental
  • Health
  • Homeland Security
  • International Affairs
  • Local Government
  • Space & Science
  • Tax Policy
  • Technology & Telecommunications
  • Transportation

ABOUT

Founded in 2002 in Washington, D.C., Cornerstone Government Affairs has since expanded to include offices in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Chicago, Illinois; Des Moines, Iowa; Houston, Texas; and Jackson, Mississippi. Through our team of 50 senior professionals, Cornerstone puts hundreds of years of collective management, legislative counseling, communications, political, and government experience to work for a diverse group of clients.

Our firm provides clients discreet and hands-on public affairs, lobbying, strategic consulting, advocacy, and marketing services. Utilizing a broad array of policy expertise and government experience, Cornerstone builds partnerships with its clients to implement customized, goal-oriented campaigns through a proactive, creative, and comprehensive approach. Whether impacting legislation, securing or advancing policy authorizations, creating communications platforms, developing a federal funding strategy, designing a political campaign, or navigating the complicated federal budget process, Cornerstone professionals have mastered the skills to succeed.

CLIENTS

317 Coalition
Amcot
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities
Association of Schools of Public Health
Association of State & Territorial Health Officials
Association of University Centers on Disabilities
Association of Zoos and Aquariums
Aurora Flight Sciences
Baxter Intenational
Beam Global
Better World Campaign
BNSF Railway
The Boeing Company
C Spire
Catholic Health Association
CenturyLink
CoBank
The Cherokee Nation
Chobani
Communities in Schools
ConAgra
Cotton Growers Warehouse Association
Crop Life America
Custodia Financial
Deloitte Consulting
DePaul University
Epilepsy Foundation
Extend Health
FEV, Inc.
Florida Sugar Cane League
Food Allergy Initiative
Forensic Technology
General Dynamics
General Mills
Georgia Cotton Commission
Georgia Regents University
Global Business Travel Association
Global Crop Diversity Trust
Goodwill Industries International, Inc.
Hach Company
Hill International
Holy Name Medical Center
Indiana University
International Speedway Corporation
Johnson & Johnson
Kindred Healthcare
Kirby Corporation
Lankford & Reed, PLLC
Las Cruces, NM
Lewis & Clark Community College
LifeLock
Loyola University New Orleans
Marble Institute
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center
McCrometer
Microsoft Corporation
Millivision Technologies
Miltec
Moultrie, GA
National Association of Chronic Disease Directors
National Limousine Association
National Milk Producers Federation
National Pork Producers Council
National Wild Turkey Federation
North Mississippi Health Services
On Point Technology
Oregon Association of Nurseries
PaR Systems
PATH
Phoebe Putney Health System
Port of Lake Charles
PRIA Coalition
Rice University
RTI International
Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi
Select Medical
Selex Sistemi Integrati
Siemens Corporation
SIGA Technologies
Springfield, MO
Stupp Corporation
Syngenta America, Inc.
The Y
Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana
United Airlines
University of Chicago
University of Minnesota
The University of Northern Colorado
University of Rochester
US Rice Producers Assocation
Varian Medial Systems
Visa